But / However / Yet

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 697.

·They rushed to the hospital. They were too late.

They rushed to the hospital, but they were too late.

·They rushed to the hospital; however, they were too late.

They rushed to the hospital. However, they were too late.

· He is young. He is strong.

He is young, but he is strong.

He is young. However, he is strong.

¨لاحظ أنه إذا بدأت الجملة بـ However يأتي بعدها الصفة أو الحال ثم الفاعل و الفعل وفي هذه الحالة يكون معناها بالرغم من (= although)

He studied hard. He got low marks.

However hard he studied, he got low marks. = Although he studied hard, he got low marks.

While + past continuous ---------------past simple

I bought a magazine while I was waiting for the train.

¨ إذا جاء فعل to be بعد while يُستخدم في الماضي البسيط:

·I read the book while I was on the plane.

My car was stolen while I was on holiday.

¨ في حالة عدم وجود فاعل بعد الكلمات الآتية يُستخدم فعل مضاف له ing :